Human trafficking is not something youd expect to see in eastern iowa communities. But its here and Law Enforcement is working everyday to fight the crime across the state. One of the hardest obstacles is recognizing victims. Victims. Cbs 2s joe huisinga joins us live right now from our newsroom with more on a new campaign to raise awareness. Karen the signs of humnan trafficking can be hard to see and the victims of it can feel invisible. The Blue Campaign is a National Effort to draw attention to possible red flags. Today we heard from a trafficking survivor who hopes awarness can help others like her. Her. I was just scared of being in this man said hey lets go ill take you somewhere were they cant bring you back and i went for it and when we arrived i quickly figured out what was going to happen to me. Christi was 18 years old when she fell into the world of Human Trafficking in dubuque. Dubuque. They pray on the most vulnerable members of our Society Youth people that are kind of
Stories and tomorrows Weather Forecast in the first ten minutes. This is cbs 2 news 10 at 10. Happening right now, several roads in eastern iowa are slick tonight. This is a liveve look at i380 and Fourth Street southeast. Where traffic appears to be moving just fine. Fine. Parts of the cbs 2 viewing are also dealing with snow. Chief meteorologist terry swails joins us now with more on what we can expect for the some area parents are angry with the Cedar Rapids School board over major changes proposed for next years calendar. Calendar. The district wants students to start classes two hours late every monday morning. Tonight the bobod let parents speak out and found out its a huge issue. Issue. Cbs 2 News Reporter matt hammill was at the meeting and joins reaction new at ten. Matt. The whole idea is to give teachers more time for professional training so their students can be better educated. The school board was expected to vote on this tonight but it never happened. Happened. Nats kds
Reporter she says she noticed three young men walking on the sidewalk tuesday night as she was getting out of her car in the parking lot. She said she cannot think twice about turning her back and heading inside. Now, she is battered and bruised and in constant pain. It was like a football tackle from behind. Reporter her shoulder shows the marks where the attackers dragged her. They stole the bag, while it, and smartphone. She is the former general manager of the recently closed restaurant a couple of blocks away. She is known as the irish ambassador and the. Kind of person who gets back to her community. She says when she was employed, she would have given the attackers more than they took if they asked. But now unemployed, she said her attackers are probably better off than she is. They took from somebody who has nothing. Reporter she gets emotional every time she tells the story of her attack. But she gives in gets more emotional when she talks about how raleigh is giving back to h
Steve it takes a lot of time if you dont have a lot of sun to get rid of it. Theres still some of it piled up. Were going into a nice stretch of weather. It starts today and really peaks throughout next few days. Flirting with 70 this week. Cold now, mostly in the 20s this morning. Fair skies for now. You dont expect many clouds at all. Satellite and radar, mostly clear, normal high 52, might peak at around 55. A good 10 degrees warmer tomorrow and even warmer on monday. More on that coming up in a few minutes. Caitlin thank you, steve. We want to follow breaking news out of Johnston County this morning. A house fire next to the smith field Police Department on south field street. Theres a possibility someone was inside at the time. Again, were following up on this breaking news so stay tuned anthony new this morning, two people shot in fayetteville. Were told it happened at some sort of club located on ramsey street. One person shot four times and the other person shot only once. Offi
Is a alive and well in San Franciscos coal valley. But the thought of a new soda tax is falling flat with customers like chris miles. I dont know if the government taxing people any more than theyre already taxing us would really help the situation at all. Reporter sodas have changes a lot and so are the people drinking them. Twothirds of americans are now considered overweight or obese with one out of eight now saddled with type 2 diabetes. The approach is similar to the approach we took with tobacco taxes. Reporter scott wiener and three other San Francisco supervisors came up with the plan. A two cent tax for every one ounce of sugary drink. It would raise an estimated 31 million for fitness programs. Wiener says hes ready for a fight from the soda sellers. Never going to be able to go dollar for dollar with the beverage industry. They have unending resources but we can raise enough money to get our message out. Reporter the owner jowl yet priest says it leaves her with a sour taste